PHILADELPHIA, September 9, 2014--"Leveraging Evidence Across the Care Continuum" co-chaired by David Bates, MD, MSc, and Patricia Flatley Brennan, RN, PhD. The third annual Healthcare Leadership Forum, hosted by Clinical Innovation + Technology magazine and sponsored by Elsevier Clinical Solutions has expanded its mission this year to include multidisciplinary evidence-based practice and cooperative care. This meeting brings together physicians, nurses, IT and healthcare executives and leaders to share best practices for driving knowledge to the point of care, on Sept. 29-30 at the Waldorf Astoria Chicago.

OVERLAND PARK, Kan.--Integration with primary care, the emergence of health homes, Meaningful Use, and recovery-based care are among key topics in the ongoing transformation of behavioral health care. However, in the first annual Health and Human Services Influencing Factors Survey, providers demonstrated that while they are embracing rapid change, they are also concerned with long-term sustainability.

The Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT continues its focus on interoperability. One priority is the agency’s response to the JASON advisory group’s report on developing a data infrastructure for the nation’s healthcare system.

The American Telemedicine Association has released two state policy reports that serve as report cards to how states are faring at telemedicine coverage and reimbursement, as well as physician practice standards and licensure.

NEW YORK, Sept. 9, 2014-- Two of the most significant challenges in managing a successful clinical trial are recruiting the right test subjects and retaining them for the length of a trial. Time requirements, distance from the study site, number of site visits expected, and transportation concerns make it difficult to recruit patients for trials and contribute to high dropout rates, causing long delays and increasing the risk of trial failure.

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Sept. 8, 2014-- Based on its recent analysis of the population health management industry, Frost & Sullivan recognizes eClinicalWorks with the 2014 North America Frost & Sullivan Award for Enabling Technology Leadership. eClinicalWorks has reinforced its prominence in the ambulatory healthcare IT solutions market by developing the Care Coordination Medical Record® (CCMR®), a Web-based, dynamic and highly cross-functional platform for population health management and coordinated care.

Despite all the questions and concerns surrounding the usability and interoperability of health IT, innovative, forward-thinking care delivery organizations are taking on the challenge of getting more out of their electronic tools.

With all of the regulatory initiatives facing physicians, Ronald Dixon, MD, set out to find a way to increase clinicians’ efficiency without sacrificing quality of care.